Tie for bales



ATTORNEY Patented June '7 A. NICHLBSS. TIE FOR BALBS, BUNDLES, dre.

(No Model.)

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TIE' FOR BALES,BUNDLES, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming par or Letters patent No. eosneau'atea June 7,189s. Application led August 24, 189'?, Serial lNo. 649,299. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Freeport, county of Stephenson, and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Tiesfor Bales, Bundles, dac., of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a tie for bales or bundleswhich will be simple'Y in construction, inexpensive, and effective inoperation. l i

With these ends in view my improved tie comprises a clamping-head, towhich one endof the band or rope which encircles the bun-t dle issecured, and y,which clamping-head is preferably formedy from a singlepiece of wire or rod bent on itself to form a body portion, an adjacentspring-ton gue extending parallel, or substantially so, to the bodyportion, and

a hook or shoulder, the free end of the rope being adapted to be passedaround the tongue and body portion and finally between the same andthere held by the spring-tongue.

The invention also consists in Vthe details of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of my improved tie asit appears in use applied to a bundle. Fig. 2 is a perspective View ofthe'clamping-head detached fromk the band. Figs. 3 and 4 are perspectiveviews showing the different steps in the operation of tying in using mydevice.

In the accompanying drawings the clamping-head is formed, preferably,from a single piece of wire or rod bent so as to form an eye l, to whichone end of an encircling rope Zips adapted to be attached, a bodyportion 3, a shoulder 4, extending at an inclination to' the body andforming Y a hook, as at 4X, and a spring tongue or finger 5, whichlatter extends adjacent to the body portion, as shown. The shoulder isformed by bending the wire laterally of the body portion, as at 4, thendle, then beneath the shoulder 4, and in the Be It known that I, ANTHONYNIcHLEss, ofi

hook 4X, and by drawing on the rope, as illustrated in Fig. 3, it may betightened around the bundle to the degree desired. Owing to theinclination of the shoulder at 4 there will be no liability of the cordslipping from the hook,- which latter will be held down against thebundle by reason of the strain on the eye 1,'5'Which is located to oneside of the longitudinalaxis of the bodyportion 3. When the band hasbeen drawn tight enough, it is passed, while still under tension,beneath and around the projecting portion 7, jas shown in Fig. 4, and bypulling on the end in the direction ofthe arrow in Fig. 4 the inclinedsurface 6 of the shoulder will cause the loop to slip beneath theshoulder 4, after which the free end is drawn in between thespringtongue and body portion, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, where it issecurely held. Under this arrangement there is no possibility of thesecured end of the band detaching or becoming loose by reason of anyshrinking in the bundle, theton'gue' at all times and under allconditions encountered in use holding the end of the band securely. i

Inorder to unite the band, it is simply necessary to draw the conine'dend of the same `from between the tongue and `,body portion and slip itbeneath the shoulder, the opera- Ations both of tying and untying beingthus accomplished with rapidity and little trouble.

I claim- Y 'Y l. A tie for bales, &c., comprising a body portion havingat one end a shoulder and having on the side opposite the shoulder aspringtongue,- said tongue extending adjacent to thebody portionparallel or substantially so to the same; whereby a cord or band may bepassed around the body portion and tongue and against the shoulder; andhave its end firmly secured between the tongue and body portion.

2. A tie for bales, dre., formed from a single piece of wire bent toform a body portion 3, an inclined shoulder 4 at one end, and aspring-tongue 5 extending "adjacent to the body portion toward itsopposite'end parallel or substantially so to 'the same.

3. A tiefor bales, i&c.; formed from 'a single piece of wire bent toforma bodyh portion 3, an eye 1 at one end arranged to one side IOO ofthe longitudinal axis of the body portion7 a shoulder at the oppositeend of the body portion extending in the same direction as the eye, anda spring-tongue on the side of the body portion opposite the eye, saidtongue extending froni the shoulder parallel or substantially so to thebody portion.

4. A tie for bales, d50., consisting of a single piece of wire bent toform an eye l, and extending straight to form a body portion 3, thenlaterally at an acute angle, as at 4 to form a hook 4X, then returningon itself and extending toward the body portion at an inelination as at6, then parallel or snbstantially so to the body portion as at 5 in theform of a spring-tongue.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set Iny hand, this 19th day of August,1S97, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

ANTHONY NICHLESS.

VitnesseS:

WILLIAM WILLIE, D. J. MANNING.

